The heyday of Jewish banking houses in the 19th century was due in large part to their participation in the issue of government bonds and securities, especially for the procurement of capital for the building of railways and the management of foreign investments. They contributed to the prodigious economic growth of their era with their financial serv…
Bankers(3,579 words)
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Dolores L. Augustine, New York, “Bankers”, in: Encyclopedia of Jewish History and Culture Online, Original German Language Edition: Enzyklopädie Jüdischer Geschichte und Kultur. Im Auftrag der Sächsischen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Leipzig herausgegeben von Dan Diner. © J.B. Metzler, Stuttgart/Springer-Verlag GmbH Deutschland 2011–2017. Consulted online on 25 September 2023 <http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/2468-8894_ejhc_COM_0073>
First published online: 2017
First print edition: 20170409
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